In Your Suburb at Carindale Library
Carindale Library
BWF In Your Suburb
3036
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Duration: 60 minutes
Meet the investigative journalists who have dived into the history and legacy of the apocalyptic group The Family and discover why they think the notorious cult captured headlines throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones is an award-winning writer, director and editor. Her most recent feature documentary The Family, about the notorious Australian cult of the same name, premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2016 and won the FCCA award for Best Australian Feature Documentary. Other credits include The Triangle Wars (Best Australian Documentary, Antenna Documentary Festival 2011), Westall '66: a Suburban UFO Mystery, Obsessed with Walking, about the Booker-nominated writer Will Self, Holy Rollers and Visions of Yankalilla. She has also edited numerous documentaries for Australian and international broadcasters. The Family is her first book.
Chris Johnston
Chris Johnston is a Melbourne-based journalist, writer and editor who worked for Fairfax Media's The Age for twenty years before leaving this year to pursue new adventures.
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